Good to see somebody appreciating some doom around these parts. I have both praise and criticism to offer you.

(2) The only My Dying Bride album with relevance is Turn Loose the Swans.

(3) Novembers Doom doesn't belong here.

(5) Paradise Lost's Gothic is their only album worth mentioning, and even that is far eclipsed by Anathema's debut, MDB'd debut and Katatonia's debut. Of their later albums Shades of God is decent but not really worthy of such a list.

(6) Daylight Dies doesn't belong here.

(10) I used to be partial to everything they did but recently I've decided that Solitude Aeturnus' debut is the only worthy album they've put out.

(15) Helevorn is generic as shit. I received the promo of that album to review, and my little listening recently has further evidenced this.

(17) Mar de Grises are one of the most overrated bands in the genre

(18) This album was quite bland, their debut is far superior.

(24) L'ATARAXIEEEEEEE

(27) I know their fans are really passionate about their music, but come on now - Type O are really bad.

(30) One of the most important bands in the genre.

(36) So Overrated.

(45) Essential

(48) Awful

(50) Do you even like doom?

(51) As above.

(68) Decent band but not essential to anything. Ophis do their style far better, and both of them are derivative of Ataraxie anyway.

You cover some good bands but also have included bands which definitely do not belong on such a list. You have also missed some very important ones, so I'll list as many as I can think of and hopefully you will check them out (unless you already have and just forgot to put them up).

dISEMBOWELMENT

Decomposed

Encoffination

Probably not essential, but Mourning Beloveth are a personal favourite.

Sempiternal Deathreign - absolutely essential.

Not essentialy, but Sol - Let There Be a Massacre is worth hearing.

Immortal Visions and Symphony of Grief are archaic death/doom that were reasonably important and still good (albeit a little dated).

Loss needs a place on this list.

Ras Algethi are a hugely underrated group that could do with some more attention.

Wreck of Hesperus are another personal favourite, quite a unique band, and one that can combine black and doom together with sounding awful.

And then moving onto the sludge side of things, you really haven't got much:

Church of Misery

Eibon

Fistula

Graves at Sea

Grief

Moss

Noothgrush

Thou

But if you think that everything I've said so far is absolutely bullshit, all I have to say is this: Stabat Mater and fucking Corrupted. I mean come on now.

Love Candlemass, Trouble and Solitude Aeturnus but where's Pentagram? And I personally would've included some Sabbath as they played a huge part in inventing the genre even if it didn't become a sub genre in it's own right 'til over a decade later.